Education: PhD in Political Science, University of Lisbon. Title of dissertation "From geopolitical spillover to interstate bargaining: Brazilian-African defence cooperation in the South Atlantic (2003-2014)"; field research in Angola, Brazil, Namibia and South Africa; Visiting PhD student, Institute of International Relations, University of Brasília (IREL-UnB) and Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria.